How Is Sovereignty Is Gained And Lost?

This is an alphabetical version.  For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: How Is Sovereignty Is Gained And Lost?

What Is Sovereignty:

Individual Sovereignty:

• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
• Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry
• Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier
• Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
• The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• The Heroine With 1,001 Faces by Maria Tatar
• The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson
• Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
• A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell
• The Second Stage by Betty Friedan
• The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Christopher L. Hayes
• The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it by Will Storr
• Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women's Rights by Helen Joyce
• The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer

Individual Sovereignty / Fiction:

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London

General Understanding Of Sovereignty:

• Empire by Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri
• (Circa 20th Century - 2022 C.E.) How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato
• Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries by Marc Fasteau, and Ian Fletcher
• Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient by Edward W. Said
• The Politics by Aristotle
• The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
• The Republic Of Plato by Plato, and Allan Bloom
• The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World by Stewart Patrick

General Understanding Of Sovereignty / Fiction:

• Death's End by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem Series)

Various States:

Around The World

• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
• Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
• Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

African States: 

• (Circa 30th Century B.C.E. - 2024 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
• The Challenge Of Africa by Wangari Maathai
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Empires Of Islam:

• Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
• (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man
• (Circa 30th Century B.C.E. - 2024 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

European States:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Middle East States:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Latin American States:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Which State Are You Interested In?

Abbasid Caliphate:

• [Upcoming] (Circa 7th C.E.- 13rd C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Aksum [Kingdom of Aksum]

• (Circa 1st Century - 540 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Amazigh [Berbers]

• (Circa 1th Century B.C.E. - 2024 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Artic:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Argentina:

• (Circa 1970s - 2000s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Asante Kingdom

• (Circa 17th Century - 1931 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Assyrian Empire

• [Upcoming ] (Circa 12th-6th B.C.E.) Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Babylonia

• [Upcoming ] (Circa 7th-6th B.C.E.) Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Benin Kingdom

• (Circa 600 - 2016 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Bolivia:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana
• (Circa 1985 - 2000 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Bosnia And Herzegovina:

• (Circa 1579 - 2016 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

China:

• Ancient China: Chinese Civilization From Its Origins To The Tang Dynasty by Maurizio Scarpari
• (Circa 1905 - 1950s C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
• (Circa 1910s - 2010 C.E.) My Two Chinas: The Memoir of a Chinese Counterrevolutionary by Baiqiao Tang
• Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
• (Circa 1980s - 1990s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Colombia:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Congo:

• (Circa 1390 - 1920s C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
• (1880s - Primarily 2000-2023 C.E.) Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Egypt:

• (Circa 30th Century - 30 B.C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
• (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

Ethiopia

• (Circa 580 - 1543 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

France:

• Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
• (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age by David Andress
• (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin
• (Circa 1420s-1431 Century C.E.) Saint Joan of Arc by Vita Sackville-West
• When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan

Franks:

• (Circa 8th - Mid 9th Century C.E.) Charlemagne by Johannes Fried

Ghana Empire:

• (Circa 600 - 1235 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Great Zimbabwe:

• (Circa 12th Century - 1450s C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Greece:

• Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Guatemala:

• (Circa 1524 - 1996 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Haiti:

• Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

India:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

India / Fiction

• Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Indonesia:

• Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani

Iraq:

• Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
• [Upcoming ] (Circa 1900-1958 C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull
• (Circa 2003 - 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Iran / Fiction:

• (Circa 2024) A Quiet Life by William Cooper, Michael McKinley

Islamic State:

• [Upcoming] (Circa 7th C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Israel:

• The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
• (Circa 1910s - 2018 C.E.) The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
• (Circa 1990s - 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• (Circa 1940s - 2023 C.E.) The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle by Isabel Kershner

Japan: 

• Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik
• (Circa 1905 - 1950s  C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
• (Circa 1942-1945 C.E.) With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Kush [Kingdom of Kush]: 

• (Circa 25th Century B.C.E. - 4th Century C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Mali:

• (Circa 1235 - 1430 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Macedonia:

• Alexander the Great's Legacy: The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors by Mike Roberts
• The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War by Tristan Hughes
• [Upcoming ] (Circa 4th B.C.E.) Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Mongolia: 

• The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
• The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

Morocco 

• (Circa 6th Century B.C.E. - 2024 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Mutapa Kingdom [Monomotapa]

• (Circa 1450 - 1629 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

New Granada [Republic of New Granada]:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Nigeria:

• (Circa 1909 - 2023 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

North Korea:

• (Circa 391 - 2022 C.E.) Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park

Norway:

• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

Ottoman Empire:

• [Upcoming ] (Circa 13th - 16th C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Palestine:

• (Circa 1910s - 2018 C.E.) The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
• (Circa 1940s - 2023 C.E.) The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle by Isabel Kershner

Pakistan:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Papua New Guinea:

• (Circa 1840s - 1945 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Parthian Empire:

• [Upcoming] (Circa 7th B.C.E - 3rd C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Persia:

• Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland
• [Upcoming ] (Circa 7th-4th B.C.E.) Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Peru:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Philippines:

• (Circa 1450s-2023 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Poland:

• (Circa 1760s - 1795 C.E.) Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
• (Circa 1980s - 1990s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Portugal:

• The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World by Martin Page

Prussia:

• (Circa 1729 - 1796 C.E.) Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

Roman Empire:

• Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
• Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
• SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
• [Upcoming ] (Circa 1st B.C.E. - 6th C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Russia: 

• (Circa 1729 - 1796 C.E.) Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
• (Circa 1774-2024 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
• Hybrid Warfare: The Russian Approach to Strategic Competition & Conventional Military Conflict by Curtis L. Fox
• October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
• (Circa 1990s - 2000 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Rwanda:

• (Circa 1920s - 2000 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Rozvi:

• (Circa 1684 - 19th Century C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Seleucid Empire:

• [Upcoming] (Circa 4th - 1st B.C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Singapore:

• From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew

Somaliland [Republic of Somaliland]: 

• (Circa 1888 - 2024 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Songhay Empire:

• (Circa 1435 - 1592 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

South Africa:

• (Circa 1990s - 2006 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

South Korea:

• (Circa 391 - 2022 C.E.) Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park
• Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik

Spain:

• Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
• The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Maltby
• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Sri Lanka:

• (Circa 2003 - 2005 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Sumer:

• [Upcoming ] (Circa 28th-27th, 20th-19th B.C.E.) Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Swahili:

• (Circa 9th - 20th Century C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Syria:

• (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

United Kingdom:

• (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age by David Andress
• Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World by Tristram Hunt
• When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

United States of America:

• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
• (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age by David Andress
• (Circa 1830s - 1880 C.E.)  Crazy Horse by Larry McMurtry
• (Circa 1851 - 1957 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
• The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
• (Circa 1950s- 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

United States of America / Fiction:

• (Circa 2024) A Quiet Life by William Cooper, Michael McKinley

Ukraine:

• Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum

Umayyad Caliphate:

• [Upcoming] (Circa 7th -13th C.E.)  Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull

Venezuela:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Vikings: 

• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

Zulu:

• (Circa 1787 - 1884 C.E.) An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi